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Richmond
To Every
Member
—
Of the
Household
THE BOY PUZZLE
IT J KIRTLKY.
SEEING THINGS BY DAY. ]
"Seeing things at night" Is tame
H Compared with the way a boy sens
|» things with his eyes wide open, things
that are not so, st that. »om the time j
he Is four or five years old that power j
■, to see the unseen, to make Images of
- -'invisible things. Is perfectly riotous. ,
Two facts about him seem to contra
dict each other. One It that his acute j
senses make very sccumte observa- ;
tlons of real things, the other that his
active Imagination knows no bounds.
It is not hard work, either; It does
?- Itself. In that case we call It passive
imagination. There is something in !
, him like wings and they Insist on fly- |
tag. He does not yet care where they
take him. So they flit from point to
point, aa they will, without restraint
or direction from reason or will After
awhile he will be abie to hold that
Sight on an object as long as he
wishes and his Imagination will enter
on a new phase. At first the things
he remembers attract him most. and.
for that reason, some have called It
mere memory: yet It Is something
7 'Rtore. But when he begins to take
' charge of It. we say It Is active 1m
‘ agination And perhapa here le where
we can appreciate Binet's remark that
* It ie "the faculty of creating roupe
of Image* which do not correspond to
any external reality." This ‘day dream
ing Is not wrong either. He has to do
' it. whether right or wrong, though he
—.may do It in a right or a wrong w ay.
in that first stage be is always turn
ing something Into something else more
to his- liking, as when little Billie,
standing by ^h# post, began to turn
an unseen faucet and catch unseen
soda water In his real cup. making the
fls* with his lips, and to call out:
"Como on, boys; it's my treat,” and
every boy saw what Billie saw and'
drank his soda water, till they came to
Joe, who showed that he was a freak,
by soearllng out: ‘New; you ain't got
no soda water; yo know you ain't." He !
changes toys into soldiers and has i
them fight each other, makes his sis
ters fairies and another iitUe girl a ,
queen. He says, "I am a coachman."
and he Is one. One minute he is Theo
dore Roosevelt at the head of his Rough
Riders, and the next minute the tame
dlElhinff IdliflnP rhnriritio> iha koen/v
pciUmi in Africa. The transformation
-‘•f dogs Into beam and cata Into tiger* I
is no trick at all.
-- • We can easily tnlsunderstand him.
We must not fall to recall the story, '
told so often, of that small boy, whose
Teports of what w* saw distressed his
good mother till she Anally forbade i
;, any more such talk on penalty. But It
was not long till he came running In j
with: "O, mamma. X saw a great big
Black bear out In the orchard." His j
sister was called and said It was only ,
a little black dog. His mother took I
him to her room and said: "Now, i
, Ned. go In there, shut the door, kneel l
? down and tell God what you have I
done and ask him to forgive you.” In j
a few minutes he came out with a
Bright face, "And did you tell God ,
and aek him to forgive you?” she ask- r
*d. "yes, mamma." he answered, “and j
foe said the first time he saw that dog
Be thought It was a bear, too."
After he Is seven or eight he sees
things more In groups and connec
tlons; and still later. In his teens, his
reason and purpose take charge of the
V . —rial thing. Sometimes they succeed ,
in killing it, and, In that case, he Is
dead, from that time on. The reason |
r the Wrights and Curtiss and Hamll- j
ton and the other flyers can navigate!
the air Is that they have been doing It,
in Imaguination. for a long time. So j
it Is the magical power that begins,:
Whgn he is very young, and stays with |
him'till he dies, or till his heart dies, i
It la his Aladdin's lamp whose rays dis
close all he wishes and changes j
■tones Into crystals; "Fortunatus'
purse that holds the treasures of the
universe,”
It Is the mother of his mirth, the
spring of his smiles. It Is closely and
, casually related to a sav ing sense of
humor. That is why a boy In Kansas
P City rose from his seat In a crowded
: atreet car when a fat woman entered
P and said; "Gentlemen, I will be one of
| three to get up and give this lady
a Mat’' Even his unconscious humor
I dows from this source, as when the
y teach weald: "Tummy, who do you
tfolnk I scold too asuchT’ "’Cause you
git kinder fretful teaching school, 1
■•pose," was his hq^est reply.
That la one reason why he enjoys
the present so much and anticipates
the future so eagerly—he sees so much
in them. And. It may bo added, that
Is the reason he can eftdure the pres
ent. when older people treat him so
unjustly on the ground that he Is only
a boy, and It makes no difference how
Be Is treated. In one reapect, he Is
like muses, who endured because he
aaw the invisible
There is no other way to explain
Bow he can do so much—he set s it be
forehand. Mr. Ferris was told that
By the laws of mechanics no such
wheel was possible, but, after long
atudy, he suddenly saw that wheel,
with his mind’s eye. an he sat in a res
taurant In Chicago; and thsn building
it was the easiest part of It all. Von
Sioltke was In bed when the word
came that France had declared war.
and he quietly told the messenger to
look In a certain pigeon-hole for sev- I
«rml telegrams and said, "Send them.” '
Then he went to bed. He had fore- ■
a»*n it all and had every plan made.
_ Imagination gives wings to his hope, |
PICTURE PUZZLE
blouae of blackamtth, reversing picture,
lad an Indian native.
feet to hts rouon, force to hie decis
lon* and vividness to hte memory. It
furnishes him invincible armor end
vlctorloue arms for hie battle agslnet
the false and vicious and vulgar; for
he can picture to himself the ideal,
true and virtuous and good and then
make them real. It enables him to se
cure control of himself at the time
when he is becoming acquainted with
his own volatile and mysterious pow;
ere: for he can be made to see the
vast benefits to come from such self
control.
A hoy has that profound something
in him which we call subconslouenese,
and imiglnatton is the means of bring
ing in suggestions from the outside
and taking them out again Into the
life. After awhile It does better than
that—It enables him to make sugges
tions to himself, and we call that auto
suggestion.
Personal care of the body gets aid
from the imagination, ns the latter
helps him fashion an ideal for his
true self, which always works towards
health and symmetry and artistic ex
cellence. A good imagination Is good
hygiene. Kiperience and Imagination
Join In teaching him to anticipate the
results of a given action so vividly as
to restrain from the wrong and con
strain to the right Oluskap, hero of
the Micmacs, asked the animals, Just
before the appearance of man: "What
would you do If you met a man?" The
boy looks ahead Me will need it In
his business. If he Is a bootblack or
a merchant or a Inwyer or a - well,
anything. But peril must be faced
If his Imagination Is not disciplined
and if he is very fond of success, he
will become a liar of the worst kind.
He will need assistant ,• with the
splendid thing. Home one must help
him use it for hts true pleasure and
his profit; attach It to his reason, and,
most of all. to his conscience; emplay
it in practical life; make it service
able to his fellow-men.
GARDENER MUST
GUARD SEEDLINGS
FROM SUN'S RATS
Only With Great Care Can > c\v
Crop of Perennials Be
fc»a>t d.
For the next four weeks the sun
will be the greatest enemy to be com
bated if a new crop of perennials Is
to be saved. Vet this ts the season
when seeds of many kinds should be
put In that they may make a growth
before frost. The object of this is that,
if they are sufficiently protected not
to b« winter killed, perennials will
bloom next year, thereby saving a
season.
The most inexperienced gardener
haji only to consult catalogues now
to know what she may sow to make
her place bloom next summer, but it
takes a little experience to know how
best to protect the seeds so that they
will develop properly. Th'ey require
moisture to germinate and protection
from tun.
These two requisites are piet with by
covering the grounds or seed beds with
boards The seed Is lightly sown and
the soil firmed down by patting with
the hands. It Is a mistake to do this
so gently that the seeds are not sur
rounded by soli, for then they have
no opportunity of growing. Neither
are they to be dug In too deep, or
the soil made so hard that delicate
tendrils cannot break through.
A general rule for planting Is to put
seeds double their depth, and to pat
the soil firmly, but not hard. Ah soon
as this Is done the ground is to be wet
with the rose sprinkler or a water
ing pot, and then boards are put down
over.
Germination may take anywhere
from one week to ten days, or two or
even three weeks. During that time
the soil is to be kept damp, but not
wet, and this Is not difficult If a very
fine spray la used. Jt will probably
not be necessary to wet the soli every
day, hut the boards may be raised at
any time to see what is the condition,
and as soon as spraying Is done the
boards are returned This Is repeated
offtll the first leaves break through
the surface. After that boards would
be fatal.
Nevertheless, the seedlings need
shade, though they must have light.
Ordinary cheese doth gives the l>eat
results, stretching It over on four pegs
and keeping it five or six Inches above
the leaves. If the corners are tightly
fastened to the pegs, there will be no
danger of the cloth sagging, and suf
ficient sunlight wll. be dtfTused
through. This is to be kept over until
the little plants begin to be strong,
although young, or until the fierceness
>f the sun has been abated by au
tumn.
Mint Revise Addresses.
The Woman’s Suffrage Association
of Hungary has been called on by
Professor Lendl, a parliamentary can
didate for the Second district of Huda
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Well Known Daughters of Famous Men
Copyright, 1310. All rights rescrvrrt.
| MRS. ULYSSES S. GRANT. 3D. I
Mrs. Klysses S. Grant, 3d,
' "'lf« of the grandson of tho
(treat soldier, is the daughter
i "f the American statesman,
I Klthu Root, who was the Sec
retary of War for President
McKinley, Secretary of State
for President Rooseved. and
is now a Senator from N*c*w
York State. Jn her girlhood
days, when she nap Kdlth
i Root, she and her father were
inseparable companions, and
she Inherits In a marked de
gree those sterling: dualities
that have made her father a
; power among men.
( ft was In 1907, while her fa
ther was Secretary of State,
that Miss Root became the
bride of lieutenant Grant at
her father's house in Wash
ington. Her husband receiv
ed his early education Iji j£u.
•rnpe. .During th* "four years
In which his father was Amer
ican minister at the Court of
Austria young Grant attended
tho State Military School of
I ed actual warfare. He then
entered the United State* Mili
tary Academy. The appoint
ment was made by President
McKinley, In response to a let
ter written by the young man's
Illustrious grandfather years
before, and Indorsed by Gen
eral William Tecumsheh Sher
man.
While Lieutenant Grant's
ancestry Is predominantly mil
itary, Mrs Grant belong? to a
race of scholarly and political
attainment. Her grandfather,
Ur. Oren Root, was a noted
! mathematician, occupying the
chair of mathematics at Ham
ilton College for many years.
Her father graduated from the
same Institution nnd taught at
Rome Academy, end afterward
graduated from the University
I,atv School in New York.
Mrs Grant's" 'summers were
usually spent at Clinton, the
beautiful country town w\tere
Hamilton College is located.
She was educated at Dobbs
Kerry, and it is not manv veers
V « lawmaies was Annas Hilml,
afterward Khedive of Kgypt. Upon returning to Amur
Uolumhla University, graduating in the
t lass of 1898, in time to Join his father in Puerto
Ku-o, where, during the war with spam, he experieno
agro since her debut, anil became at once a popular
figure in the social life of New York and Washington,
She is a young woman of genuine cultivation, con
servative in her tastes. She is an accomplished Jin
guist and an excellent horsewoman.
i.fM, in revise nis campaign addresses
and also to furnish ttag* with which
to decorate the hall In which he is to
speak. A woman suffrage league has
been formed In Hungary with only
men as members. This league, of
which Dr. Diner Is president, began
uith a membership of more than 200.
including three members of Parlia
ment, several univer*lt> professors,
Judges, doctors, lawyers and engi
neers.
LITTLE CHANCE TO
ADORN COIFFURE
THAT’S UP-TO-OATE
Immrnpp Quantify of False Hair
Required Loaves X.i Room:
for Embellishment.
I
The Immerse quantity of false hair
required for producing an up-to-date
coiffure leaves no room for any add!- ‘
tional adornment, so that the puffs, ,
curls, braids and knots may be deslg- l
rated as the garnitures instead of the
ribbons. Combs, pins, etc., lhat are '
usually considered the legitimate hair
ornamentation. The oniy accessory
that Is at all pronounced 1s the ha- :
rette. and the variety of these Is le- '
gion.
There are tiny shall cu.u has from
one no larger than a breast-pin that Is
used to secure the few short hstrs In !
the nape of the neck to an Immense
affair, both In regard to length and
width, supporting a perfect structure
of hald that must surely topple over I
without some aid of this kind. Then 1
there are all kinda and sizes between j
the two extremes.
Heavy pins of a decorative nature
are used to hold the henry braids '
down to the head, but these are prac
tical, too. and In place of tho Jewelled
combs, fancy halrpalns and other or- j
naments so popular a season nr two
ago. a puff will be added, or, perhaps,
tiny curls mounted on a' hairpin.
Of course, there are styles in bu
rettes and hairpins that are newer
than others, and one established law
In regard to choice is that the shade
of the shell barette shall match the
hair as nearly as possible. There
are dozens of different tones, as Iron
gray, blue gray, purr gray, white and
all the between shades. Even hair
streaked witn gra\ is not excepted,
for pretty combinations of gray tones
are seen In barettos of gray shell
mounted in dull silver, bright silver,
stell and the darker tones of gun
metal.
In tortoise shell an equal variety In
coloring is apparent and in the darker |
shades some of th> affects are very
beautiful. These tones tire chosen by !
the brown haired woman and very sel
dom does she fail to And a perfect
trial elf.
The black hatred women prefer the
Jet burette, which Is effective, too. In
very fair hair -the sunny yellow
shade—provided the rest of the toilet
harmonizes with such a decoration. 1
The warm amber shades are a happy 1
choice for the blonde type generally,
because they brighten up dull-looklng
hair and accentuate any brightness the f
hair may possess
Brown haired women will know in- •
stinctively that the umber colors are
not pretty ns hair ornaments, but some !
seem to think they may wear jet. ,
This Is a mistake. Brown hair and j
black jet are not a happy oombina- I
tion, both suffering, the hair by con
trast with the glittering jet, while the
lutter appears to be entirely out of Its '
proper setting.
Otrls and yang women wear the'
broad band of ribbon still, and this 1
takes the place of the harette. in very ;
many cases this decoration is far from !
being becoming or pretty. Still the .
addition 1* an actual necessity at pres- :
ent, otherwise the hair cbuld never i
be kept In place when boating or en
gaged in other outdoor sports, to say !
nothing of dancing, for girls are wear
ing as much false hair as their elders. !
The large hats, ttry say, ure respon- j
Bible for their adopting It. For even- I
Ing a -more girlish looking coiffure may j
be chosen if one cares to. Parting tho i
hair and then braiding, taking the j
strands around the head, is always!
pretty and genarlly becoming «r>d some J
young women are clever enougn to j
real lie the beauty o' this arrange
ment against the si Iff, Inartistic look
ing structure the new hats demand. ;
A couple ■ f pretty pins or a soft ros- j
ette of tulle behind the left ear is
the usual garniture with hair dressed
In this style i
iaUZABETH LEE. I
A flourishing Virginia Chun*.
The 1810 Manual of College HU!
Baptist church. Lynchburg, Va., con
tain* among many other valuable fea
tures a brief history of the church
which conclude* as follows: "On May
13. 1908, Rev. IV. A. Ayers, of New
Bern. N. t\, was elected pastor at a
salary of 11,500 per annum and the
use of tho parsonage On July 1,
Pastor Ayers entered upon his pas
torate and has served the church to
the satisfaction of the entire mem
bership. The church ta In a flourish
ing condition. At almost every reg
ular service persons are received
either by letter or as candidates for
baptism, the Sunday-school shows
marked Improvement and the various
societies of the church are active and
aggressive !n their work. At a re
cent church meeting the salarv of the
pastor was Increased to $1,800 per
annum. We are hopefully looking
forward to the time In the near fu
ture when the last dollar of Indebted
ness shall have been paid."
A Richmond "Boy."
Professor George Ragland, the new'
head of the classical department of
Georgetown College, Is a native of
Richmond, Va. After attending the
Richmond schools he entered Rich
mond College, and graduated there
with credit In 1888. H* then spent
two years In high school teaching; and
In 1897 entered Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, where hs spent three years
In graduate work of the classical lan
guages. While In Johns Hopkins he
was granted a scholarship, and later
a fellowship. In 1801 he was elected
professor of Greek language and lit
erature In Baylor University, which
position he resigned to oome to
Georgetown.
A Xew Version of the Scriptures.
A new' edition of the Bible ver
sion of A. I>. 1611, is to be prepared
for the four hundredth year. It Is
to be known as "The Commemorative
Edition of the Authorised Version of
the English Bible." The language of
the Authorized version will be pre
served as far as possible; but cor
rections will be made of obsolete
words and phrasea and of passages
where changes are absolutely requlr
?d by assured textual revision.
If a man 1s right, he can’t be too
-adlcal; it wrong, he can’t be too con
lerv&Uva.
SUMMER EXTRAVAGANCES
BY MADISON C. PETERS.
Some women have the Idea that the
I summer season Is peculiarly adapted
! to the practice of economy. 1 have
I observed that those who nave com
I mltted themselves to this theory are
i visually the very ones who do not
practice It.
There are a good many forms of
feminine extravagance but whenever
It Is mentioned one phase only seems
to be uppermost in the mind—the
extravagance Is often productive of
great evil, no doubt, but I believe that
It Is less pernicious In its effect on the
sex and on the community In general
than certain other forms concerning
i which much less Is said and wrlt
; ten. '
It Is not difficult to understand why
' the summer season brings about an
' Increase of what Is popularly known
i as extravagance—In dress, in extra
provision for comfort and In. extra
I provision against discomfort. It Is
not so easy to find the actual reason
! why other kinds of extravagance—
In manner. In speech. In personal con
duct, perhaps—seem to expand at
i the approach of warm weather. One
! cause. 1 suppose, may be found In
1 the Increased opportunity afforded by
the summer outing.
Women leading the ordinary, all
the-year-round home life have suffi
cient to occupy their minds without
resorting to these extravuganees. It
Is only when they are on the summer
outing that they develop an Increased
capacity for such things. Nine times
out of ten It Is the direct result ol
the Idleness which they vainly mis
take firr rest.
The temptation to make use of ex
travagant speech is peculiarly strong
at the summer resorts. Life at these
• places is so essentially artificial that
even the speech becomes Infected '■
j after a certain period of exposure. It 1
; Is said that it is practically lmpos
i slble for an American to live a year
In London without adopting certain
insular expressions and vocal inflec
tions peculiar to that metropolis. It
is equally true that few women, after
spending a summer at a seaside or
mountain resort, fail to show tt tn
their speech.
Now this may be due to the fact
that the Imitative faculty is so well
developed in women. If everything
spoken in these places were worthy
of imitation there would be no oc
casion for remark. I'nfortunately. i
however, the conversation heard on '
the veranda or in the ball room of a
summer hotel Is but a pitiful relies
of the artificiality that is general. As
a rule those who have the gift of
profitable speech summer elsewhere,
and the standard of conversation at
such places halts midway' between
banality and suggestion,
if there is any less desirable sum- |
mer school for a young woman of cor- j
rect tendencies than one of these aem- ,
inaries of extravagant speech 1 do not
know where to find it. I care not how ;
well grounded In womanly Integrity
I she may be. there always remains the
| danger of contact with something that ,
j cannot fall to contaminate if tt be
| permitted to touch
Kxtravagance in thought Is another
j temptation of the rummer seaaon. It
may be regarded as the natural #e
j quenee of extravagance of speech,
; and Is likely to arise from the same
cause—mental Idleness that has
1 usurped the place of legitimate and
: wholesome rest. It Is one of the most
, dangerous extravagances In which a
! woman can Indulge, and It should be
| combated vigorously. Qlven rein. It
) uproots the firm principle* that have
| been cultivated with such far? for s<>
i many years, and transform* a once
| vigorous growth tnto a sickly unfrutt
I ful plant. A mind lured by the spy
DAINTY FROCK FOR CHILD
BT MBS. JA1>E FORD.
Exceptionally pretty Is the little frock pictured. It has been specially
designed for developing the lovely flouncing* that shops are showing for
' spring and summer wear now. The pattern for it may be secured In foul*
sixes, that will fit children between the ages of six months and five years*
i Tft rnnv it in thn ih rp« , • ■ - - - --«•
years sire. two and
three-eighth.* yards
flouncing seventeen
Inches wide, with one
half yard of allover
eighteen Inches wide
for the yoke, one and
one-half yard* of edg
ing two and a half
Inches wide for the ber
tha. and one-half yard
of thirty-six Inch ma
terial for the sleeves
will be needed.
Colored embroideries
Trill be used extensive
ly this spring, and de
veloped along the lines
of the model they will
be pleasing. A dainty
little frock of fine white
Swiss embroidery wa3
given the fashionable
touch of color by work
ing over certain parts
of the pattern in a
shade of light blue.
Through the eyelets
that wore placed Just
above the scallops was
run a matching shade
of ribbon, and rosettes
of the same were ar
ranged at Intervals on
both the skirt and the
bertha, the latter being
much smaller than the
former.
The dress will be
equally effective carried
out In sheer mull, ba
tiste or lawn, with the
skirt and bertha finish
ed with hemstitchfyd
edges. Made In this
way. two and one
quarter yards of mate
rial thirty-six Inches
k
%
wioo win uo iireuBu.
The pattern may also be
used for making- morn
ing dresses of gingham,
chambray or percale.
When dark colors of
these materials are se
lected the frock may be
given a youthful touch
by using white for the
yoke.
A slrlped blue and white gingham could have the material for the
yoke tucked so only the blue showed, and the edge of the bertha could
be buttonhole scalloped In a matching shade.
607
4 SIZES 6 MONTHS TO 5
yeazs
Name.
VIRGINIAN PATTERN COUPON.
No. 618. April 9.
Street and Number.
City and State.
SHse DeriredH.
SIZE MUST BE PUT ON COUPON
To obtain the
stamps
mond.
dorlng.
ova1* tne pattern BU out the above coupon and enclose tex
or coin. Address Pattern Department. Richmond Virgin!
v* JsasMJmMusaim ,wukm«, tmui jw iu
coupon and enoloee ten
Richmond Virgin!
clous fHvolftle* of summer resort Ufa
into extravagant views on morals, re
ligion or any established truth may
never be restored to its original health.
The temptation to be extravagant In
manner is. perhaps, most seductive of
all. What has keen said about Imi
tation applies also to this temptation.
As long as the Influence is for good,
there is no fault to be found. The
danger comes when a selection of an
unworthy model Is made.
Of course, much of this extrava
gance comes from the Intensity ot
youth. That of Itself is an extrava
gance which must be met with cau
tion. and the most unfailing tact.
There are certain youthful tempera
ments so Intense that they seem to
have room for but one Idea at a time
—all their energy Is concentrated on
a single thing, and they give them
selves up to it with an extravagance
of thought and speech and manner
that would be ludicrous In a grown
up. Fortunately for them and for
their future. It Is their Inconstancy
that saves them from eccentricity.
if I were asked what. In my opinion.
Is the premier summer temptation,
the temptation most to be feared and
avoided and courageously withstood
by the woman whose conscience Is
ever on the alert, 1 should answer "the
temptation to be extravagant—not In
luxuries, not in personal adornment,
not in anything material, but In her
rule of life"
And that, of course, applies to men
as well as women.
For Would-Be I'ofts.
There Is no better aid to the mas
tery of language than the exercise of
verse making, and even though you
may never shine In poesy, your pros*
will bear lasting witness to your ef
forts In this direction. Writing veises
will teach you to avoid rough words
which Jar on the ear; to seek care
fully lij- the one particular word
which will exactly express your mean
ing. In short, to use your pen as an
artist docs his palette, and paint your
picture with a light and delicate
touch, says Home Notes. Words sre
your medium, and you must learn to
use them as deftly as he does his col
ors. a wrong tint, and the effoct that
he wishes to give you will bo blurred
and spoiled; a wrong expression, and
the writer fails to touch us, be her
pathos over so real. No pains or
practice will make you a poet if na
ture has not shaped you for one by
temperament as well as a taste, but
to write beautiful prose Is a great
gift also, and Is within your reach.
The Mother-In-I.a er.
Many girls start their married lives
by saying. •Well, of course, I shall try
and like my mother-in-law—but—"
And In that "but" there la often a world
of meaning
The young wife Is apt to resent the
love between her husband and his
mother and when this kind of jeal
ousy exists. It does not make for hap
piness. Let the girl be gentle and
tactful, and If her mother-in-law be a
true mother, she wll appreciate her
new daughter’s advances, and all will
be well
Nothing irritates a man so much ss
to feel his wife criticises his people; ho
may tie ready at first to listen to his
brides outpourings of her fancied
slights and snubs from bis mother and
sisters, but he Is hound to weary of
them at lest the wise woman will re
member that her husband's mother has
had the forming of hts life, and that
he was hers before he was hts wife's,
says Home Notes
The whole secret of a happy under
standing between a mother-tn-law and
her daughter-in-law la to learn that
happiness Ites In letting each other's
affairs alone when It eeems best to do
so.